Plus Laurel's costume looks like it takes a vat of lube, two helpers and about three hours to get into.

Oh, definitely. Arrow has had to bring back two major characters, one presumed dead and one actually dead, whereas all the Flash has had to do is find a new second half of Firestorm, casually introduce Hawkgirl and set the foundations for Captain Cold to bat for the side of good. The Captain Cold part is probably the…

Malcolm, yes. But Nyssa? Someone she knows loves Sara as much as she does? And someone with a lot of knowledge on how the pit impacted Ra's?

I think her name is still second after Stephen Amell's in the credits, even though both David Ramsay and Emily Bett Rickards have had more screen time since about season 2. So I think technically she is, even though you'd put the other two (and possibly Willa Holland) ahead of her.

Laurel being proven right is probably the worst possible outcome for that character. She keeps making stupid choices that somehow end up working in her favour, so how is the character going to learn from her mistakes when she keeps getting rewarded for making them?

There's a massive difference to saving the life of someone still alive and bringing back someone that's been dead for a year. The League all knew the former was possible, even if there were some side effects, the latter was unknown.

I found that happening to me a lot. I'd watch an episode of Arrow that Laurel didn't appear in and then realise about an hour later that she wasn't in it. It's hard to see that happening with any of the other regular characters.

She clearly also would have killed one or both of those women that looked like Thea if she hadn't been interrupted.

I'm hoping this turns out to be an operation of the Bratva, thus bringing back Anatoly and filling in Oliver's Russian backstory.

Well, one cop. Who got lucky and who he couldn't fight back against because of how close her knife was to his spinal cord.

While Colton was a clunky actor most of the time, I actually liked that his character gave Oliver a mentor role. I think he had the capacity to bounce off Felicity in a fun friends/siblings way that never eventuated.

Don't forget the part where Oliver walked off without bothering to check on Roy. Most unintentionally funny moment ever.

I thought he left because he got one movie role and thought that was his big movie break?

That isn't really a fair comparison when Barry and Kara are such positive characters compared to Oliver. Barry and Kara are like adorable puppies that you just want to hug, while Oliver's the mean old dog in the corner that will bite you if you get too close.

I suppose it depends on whether she cares about what she's actually producing, or if she cares about being the status of being the 2nd lead on a show and having a steady paycheck. The acting would suggest the latter.

Bringing up Tommy probably should have been used to illustrate how bad an idea bringing back Sara was. I'm sure if Malcolm thought it was a good idea, he would have been dipping Tommy as soon as he got access to the pit.

Ignoring that Laurel (presumably) works at the DA's office seems stupid. She has more value to the team in that capacity than as a fighter.

I love Sara and I'm so glad she's back, but I hate the fact that Laurel's stupidity was rewarded and she'll forever be all "see, told you." Her stupidity, recklessness and pigheadedness should not be rewarded time and time again.

But are they?

I think Arrow's doing it better than Flash, though. That Firestorm reintroduction was clunky as hell.